As you might know if you get lost, if you know which direction north (and all other cardinal points is you can easily understand where you are, and then safely return to a "non lost state".
This methods will help you doing it.
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Use orientation tools:
1.Through a
map: Use the map’s landmarks, like hills, rivers or a road so that you can
orient it to north. Of course the map must have a compass rose.
2. With a GPS:
If you have one you just have to look at its screen (every GPS is supposed to
let you know where you are and show you which way is north).
3. Compass:
Use a compass!
Use our dear friend nature:
4. Look for
moss, because it grows more plentifully in the north side of the trees (which
is the less sunny).
5.Look also for spider webs, they tend to be on the south side of trees.
6. If you are in a place where traveler’s palms
grow, check the axis of the branches, its direction is east-west making, after
analyzing the sun position you will know which way is north and which way is south
Use the Sun:
7. Sun way #1:
Simply watch which way the Sun is setting defining west and therefore all the
cardinal points (this method is not very accurate)
8. Sun Way #2:
8. Sun Way #2:
- Find a place where the Sunlight reaches the ground and stick a stick on it (is doesn’t have to be exactly horizontally)
- Make a mark at the end of the stick’shadow
- Wait a while (20 minutes or more) and, make another mark where is now the end of the shadow
- Imagine a line that connects the marks, and then put your left foot on the first mark and the right foot on second mark and you’ll be exactly facing north!!
- (works with moon too)
9.Using a
analog clock and the sun:
- First you must know if it’s summer time or not, if it is delay your clock one hour.
- If you are in north hemisphere: point the hour handle to the sun (clock must be parallel to the ground), and then check where are the 12 o’ clock in your clock
- Imagine a line that starts in the center of the clock and divides another imaginary line( that connects the 12 o’ clock and the current hour) in half, that line is will be have the north-south direction. To know which way is north just analyze the position of the sun.
- If you are in the south hemisphere: point the 12 o’ clock to the sun (clock must be parallel to the ground), and then check where is the hour handle in your clock
- Imagine a line that starts in the center of the clock and divides another imaginary line( that connects the 12 o’ clock and the current hour) in half, that line is will be have the north-south direction. To know which way is north just analyze the position of the sun.
10.Use the
stars:
- In the north hemisphere you must find the Polaris star.
- Find the two lowest star of the big Dipper.
- Imagine a line that passes in those two stars, that line will also pass through the North Star.
- Cassiopeia constellation will also help because it points to the North star.
In the
south hemisphere there’s not star that directly points South so you will have
to use another method.
- Find the Southern cross constellation (constituted by five stars, one of them faded out).
- First identify the 2 stars that make the long axis of the cross, then imagine a line that extend the axis to the right.
- Finally imagine five segments of line with the same distance of the long axis, after the axis.
- You will get an imaginary point that points South.
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